So...a band (and not exactly U2 here, kids) hasn't had new music out for nearly three years. They finally regroup, record a new CD and book a lengthy cross-country tour to promote it.
A writer, unsolicited, from one of those tour stops, sends a note to their publicist's office, four weeks ahead of time, requesting press support - a CD, phoner, etc.
They ignore him.
Make him go back and re-check his email contact info, and send another note. The Big Cheese gets and acknowledges it, passes it around their office; two days later, the ground game flunkie gets it and replies, asks for an address to send a CD (which was in the original email everyone ignored...)and says they'll work on getting an interview together...then they don't send a CD, but do tell you at the last minute the band can't do an interview (3 years off the road, and no one in the band has 10 minutes to get on the phone, with a week's notice???) and then casually ask for a pick story anyway.
Maybe I've been doing this too long...but wtf???
Dropped them. Picked up another artist for 10/1 edition. More later.
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